Re: [PATCH 1/9] timer_list: Add the base offset so remaining nsecs are accurate for non monotonic timers

[John Stultz]

On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Shuah Khan <shuahkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 08/17/2015 02:40 PM, John Stultz wrote:
>> I noticed for non-monotonic timers in timer_list, some of the
>> output looked a little confusing.
>>
>> For example:
>>  #1: <0000000000000000>, posix_timer_fn, S:01, hrtimer_start_range_ns, leap-a-day/2360
>>  # expires at 1434412800000000000-1434412800000000000 nsecs [in 1434410725062375469 to 1434410725062375469 nsecs]
>>
>> You'll note the relative time till the expiration "[in xxx to
>> yyy nsecs]" is incorrect. This is because its printing the delta
>> between CLOCK_MONOTONIC time to the CLOCK_REALTIME expiration.
>>
>> This patch fixes this issue by adding the clock offset to the
>> "now" time which we use to calculate the delta.
>>
>> Cc: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Jiri Bohac <jbohac@xxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>
> Hi John,
>
> I see just this patch in the series and not the others. Could you
> please make sure I am on the cc for all of them. I will review and
> try to get these into 4.3

So sorry here. I actually had you on CC for this from a previous patch
series this patch was included in, and didn't remove you before
sending. I'm hoping Ingo queues these for 4.3, so you shouldn't have
to do anything (unless you want to review it and provide any feedback
:).

thanks
-john
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